Figure 4From: An extracellular Staphylococcus epidermidis polysaccharide: relation to Polysaccharide Intercellular Adhesin and its implication in phagocytosisInfluence of proteinase K, periodate and DspB treatments on PIA and 20-kDaPS. Immunofluorescence detection of PIA (a, c, e, g) and 20-kDaPS (b, d, f, h) on S. epidermidis 1457 grown as biofilm (a, b) after treatment with proteinase K (c, d), sodium meta-periodate (e, f) and DspB (g, h).Back to article page